Bed-table.



C.C.REMO.

BED TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3!. I318.

1,275,602. PatentedAug. 13,1918.

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CHARLES C. REMO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 13, 1918.

Application filed January 31, 1918. Serial No. 214,733.

To all whom it may, concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. RnMo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, haveinvented certain" new and useful Improvements in Bed-Tables; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention is an improvement in bed attachments and has particularreference to an adjustable bracket adapted to be supported by one of thebed posts and carrying a table or other support adjustable into (3011-.venient reach of a patient in the bed.

An object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this characterwhich is simple in construction,inexpensive to manufacture and efiectivein carrying out the purpose for which it is designed.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions one of which, for the purpose of illustrating theinvention, is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is aside elevation of the attachment showing the same applied to a bed 0st.p Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the manner of securing the table inhorizontal position.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a clamping member employed inconnection with the invention.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of another clamping member.

In the drawing the numeral 10 indicates a bed post to which is adaptedto be secured upper and lower clamps consisting of plates 11 and 12which receive the bed post therebetween and which are secured thereto bymeans of small bolts 13. The plate 12 of each clamp has extendinglaterally therefrom a curved arm 14 and the free ends of said arms areprovided with openings through which a vertically disposed rod 15 isextended, the lower end of said rod being screw threaded as indicated at16.

Associated with the rod 15 is a clamping or retaining memb'er 17 formedof a single length of resilient material bent into the substantiallyU-shaped formation and provided adjacent its free endswith openings 18for receiving said rod. Thebight portion 19 of the member 17 is providedwith an enlarged opening 20 through whichextends adjacent ends of thesupporting arms 21 arranged in parallel superposed relation and havingtheir ends flattened as at 22 and provided with openings 23 forreceiving the rod 15. Said ends of the arms 21 are preferably disposedon each side of the end of the arm 14 carried by the lower clamp and arealso adjusted between the free ends of the clamping members 17. It willthus be seen that the arms 21 are pivotally connected to the rod 15 andin order to secure said arms in any adjusted position, a wing nut 24 ismounted upon the thread 16 of the rod 15 and engaged with the lower sideof the clamping member 17. When the nut is tightened against said sidethe same will tightly engage the end of the lower arm 21 which will inturn bind against the arm 14 and in this manner will prevent turning ofsaid arms 21.

The other ends of the arms 21 preferably have interposed therebetweenthe adjacent end of a horizontally adjustable table supporting arm 25spaced from the ends of the arms 21 by means of washers 26 and pivotallyconnected to said arms by a vertically disposed bolt 27. A diagonallyextending brace 28 has one end connected to said bolt and its other endto the upper end of said rod 15. The arm 25 is preferably hollow andreceives therein the rod 29 to the outer end of which is secured a tableor other support 30, the inner end of the rod having an elongatedopening 31 which registers with the similarly formed slots 32intermediate the ends of the arm 25 when the table is in a horizontalposition. In order to retain said table in this position and preventturning thereof about the longitudinal axis of the arm 25 a key 33 isinserted into the opening 31 and slots 32 and said key is connected tothe brace 28 by means of a flexible element 34. From this description itwill be apparent that the arms 21 may be swung about the rod 15 to anydesired position and that the arm 25 and consequently the table 30 maybe adjusted to an operative position Within convenient reach of apatient in a bed and also inoperative position alongside of the bed.

What is claimed is An attachment of the class described comprisingclamps adapted to be secured to a bed post and includingsupporting'arnis, a vertically disposed rod extending through said arms,a clamping member of substantially U-shaped formation. associated Withsaid rod and disposed in a horizontal position the sides of said memberhaving openings through which said rod extends and the bight portionhating an enlarged opening therein, supporting arms extending throughsaid enlarged opening and between the sides of said clamping member andpivotally connected tosaid rod on each side of the arm of one of thefirst named clamps, means on said rod and engaging said clamping memherfor retainingthe last named supporting arms in horizontally disposedpositions, a brace connecting said last named supporting arms with theupper end of said vertically disposed rod, and a table supported by theopposite ends of said last named arms.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

CHARLES C. REMO. Vitnesses SALVATORE FAoLIsI,

FRED RENGLINo.

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' Washington, I). G.

